Washington Post Reporter Detained in Iran Back in Court

The detained Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian was back in a Tehran court on Monday for the second closed-door hearing in his espionage trial

Jason Rezaian, an Iranian-American correspondent for The Washington Post, smiles as he attends a presidential campaign of President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran.

TEHRAN, Iran—The detained Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian was back in a Tehran court on Monday for the second closed-door hearing in his espionage trial, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported.

The session was expected to last until early in the afternoon in Iran, according to IRNA.

Rezaian, the Post’s 39-year-old bureau chief, had his first closed-door hearing on May 26 in a Revolutionary Court on charges including espionage and propaganda against the Islamic Republic. U.S. officials, the Post and rights groups have criticized his trial.

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